Originally Posted by
hmburner
<snip> The first question I ask is if they finished high school. All three told me no. Down the road they went. If you cant finish high school ,you are either untrainable or too lazy to learn. Neither of which I want to work beside for my own safety.
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Everyone deserves a chance, even if only the smallest chance. here's a short true story.
He quit high school in first year. Just couldn't absorb formal education. Had some 30 jobs over the next 3 years - unable to stabilise - then got a job to convert mechanical ledger machines to decimal currency (Australia 1965). He had 3 months training, then spent 18 years with that company. The last 30 years were spent in his own business in the Personal Computer industry consulting, selling, building, cabling and running networks, installing and support.
Who? Me! I got my chance in 1965 - the person who interviewed me for the job must have seen something worthwhile.
BTW, while at Burroughs during those 18 years, the sales manager increased the sales team with 19 fresh from uni candidates.
I guess the theory was that if you could survive university, you could learn to sell stuff. 12 months later all but 1 of that team of
19 still worked there. Just saying is all.
Cheers
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